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We will Topic Topics and themes are like icebergs. Plot is like the water an iceberg floats in. What are we going to learn today? Compare topic, plot and theme. So what is a topic? A topic is the subject matter. It answersthe question: "What is this about?" Topics do not involve opinions. Many times a topic is the title of a piece. A lot of the time a topic is one to two words and is usually a word(s) repeated throughout the text. Examples: love, hate, peace, happiness, etc. What is a theme? A theme deals with the meaning or lesson of a story.THE MEssage or the moral.It usually says something about the topic. Themes always appeal to the emotions/feelings or state an opinion about something. Themes can be stated or implied. Theme Happiness exists in company. Love is a battlefield. Beauty does not last. Give a topic and a theme from "The Tortoise and the Hare" and the modified story. "The Tortoise and the Hare"

create a plot including characters, settings, and 3 eventsidentify three possible movie themesprovide two ways you would incorporate or "hide" your themes in the filmexplain how your main character might reflect the these underlying themes The Hare and the Tortoise (modified by Ambrose Bierce)A Hare, having ridiculed the slow movements of a Tortoise, was challenged by the latter to run a race, a Fox to go to the goal and be the judge. They got off well together, the Hare at the top of her speed, the Tortoise, who had no other intention than making his antagonist exert herself, going very leisurely. After sauntering along for some time he discovered the Hare by the wayside, apparently asleep, and seeing a chance to win pushed on as fast as he could, arriving at the goal hours afterward, suffering from extreme fatigue and claiming the victory.

“Not so,” said the Fox; “the Hare was here long ago, and went back to cheer you on your way.” What is the theme of the modified story? Is there a different topic? Is this a topic or theme? What is the topic? Explain. Theme Create a Shape Poem based on a topic and in the poem incorporate a theme based on the topic. Knowledge is power.

FriendshipHopeFreedomChildhoodFamily With a STATED THEME:the narrator will say what the THEME of the story is in a sentence or two within the storylook at the beginning and ending of the storylook for repeated statementsif you can support the theme by using details from the story With an IMPLIED THEME:the narrator does not say what the theme ispay attention to the plot, character development, setting, and symbols to help identify what lesson can be learned through the storyreread and take notesno single statement of implied theme is necessarily correct without supporting text evidencemake a conclusion(s) Plot So what is plot? A topic is the subject matter. It answersthe question: "What is this about?" Topics do not involve opinions. Many times a topic is the title of a piece. A lot of the time a topic is one to two words and is usually a word(s) repeated throughout the text. Examples: love, hate, peace, happiness, etc. What is the implied theme of this photo? Example: Actions speak louder than words.